PayPal Merchant Fees

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Last Updated: 9, January 2025

You can find details about changes to our rates and fees and when they will apply on our

Policy Updates Page. You can also view these changes by clicking ‘Legal’ at the bottom of any web-page and then selecting ‘Policy Updates’.

Domestic

A transaction occurring when both the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents in the European Economic Area (EEA).

International

A transaction occurring when the sender and receiver are registered with or identified by PayPal as residents of different markets. Certain markets are grouped together when calculating international transaction rates. For a listing of our groupings, please access our Markets/Region Grouping Table.

Market Code Table

We may refer to two-letter market codes throughout our fee pages. For a complete listing of PayPal market codes, please access our Market Code Table.

Relevant Market/Region

Rates published below apply to PayPal accounts of residents of the following market/region:

Commercial Transaction Rates

When you buy or sell goods or services, receive payments through QR Codes, make any other commercial type of transaction, send or receive a donation or receive a payment when you “request money” using PayPal, we call that a “commercial transaction”.

Standard rate for receiving domestic transactions

Receiving international transactions

The fee for receiving domestic commercial and QR Code transactions applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international commercial transactions.

Additional percentage-based fee for international commercial transactions

Additional service fee for recipients of UK based international commercial transactions

This fee only applies to merchants who have separate agreements with PayPal. An additional service fee, following a change in applicable laws, regulations or card scheme rules relating to the sending or receipt of commercial transactions, may be applied on the amount of a commercial transaction received by merchants with a PayPal account registered in the EEA market/region from a sender whose account is registered with or identified by PayPal as being in the UK market/region.

Fixed fee for commercial transactions (based on currency received)

Fixed fee for QR Code transactions 10.01 EUR and above (based on currency received)

Fixed fee for QR code transactions 10.00 EUR and below (based on currency received)

Receiving and Sending Donations

When you accept the User Agreement or the PayPal Fundraisers Terms and Conditions to send or receive funds (using one of the payment types listed below), we call that a “donation”. Funds sent or received through other products or services (not set out below) are not “donations” eligible for donations pricing. In such cases, the applicable transaction rates will apply and will be subject to the fees disclosed for such products or services on the applicable fees page.

Standard rate for receiving domestic donations

Receiving international donations

The fee for receiving domestic donations applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international donations.

Additional percentage-based fee for international donations

Fixed fee for donations (based on currency received)

Standard rate for sending domestic donations

Standard rate for sending international donations

The applicable fee for sending domestic donations applies plus the applicable additional percentage-based fee for international donations (international fee).

Charity Transaction Rates

Charity transaction rates are subject to application and pre-approval by PayPal. Once approved by PayPal, these rates will apply to all commercial transaction payments and donations received in your PayPal account. Any reference to “fixed fee” means the fixed fee for charity transactions.

Receiving domestic charity transactions

Receiving international charity transactions

The fee for receiving domestic charity transactions applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international commercial transactions.

Fixed fee for charity transactions (based on currency received)

Alternative Payment Method Rates

We may allow your customers to choose any of the alternative payment methods (APM) listed in our APM agreement at checkout to pay you for purchases.

For a complete listing of the APMs we support, please see Annex 1 of your market's APM agreement. You must accept the terms of your market's APM agreement before receiving APM payments.

Receiving domestic transactions

Receiving international transactions

The additional percentage-based fee for receiving international transactions does not apply when you receive APM payments.

Fixed fee for APM transactions (based on currency received)

PayPal Online Payment Services

Use of applicable Services is subject to eligibility, application, and approval by PayPal and your acceptance of the terms of the PayPal Online Payment Services Agreement. These rates will apply to all commercial transaction payments received using PayPal Online Payment Services

Capitalized terms in this section are defined in the PayPal Online Services Agreement.

Receiving domestic transactions using PayPal Online Payment Services

Interchange fee rates: Approximately ranges from 0.2% to 2.0%. See the PayPal Online Payment Services Agreement for information about the Interchange Plus Fee Structure and Blended Pricing Fee Structure and your choices.
For Advanced Credit and Debit Card Payments users only: you may opt to be charged under the Interchange Plus Plus Fee Structure. Please contact us for further information. The additional terms outlined in the PayPal Online Payment Services Agreement apply.

Receiving international transactions using PayPal Online Payment Services

The fee for receiving domestic transactions using PayPal Online Payment Services applies plus the additional percentage-based fee for international transactions. The additional fee does not apply to interchange-based fees under the Interchange Plus or Interchange Plus Plus Fee Structure, American Express card type transactions, and APM (as applicable).

Fixed fee for PayPal Online Card Payment Services transactions (based on currency received)

Other fees for using PayPal Online Card Payment Services

PayPal Payouts

PayPal Payouts (which includes the service formerly known as Mass Pay) allows you to easily send payments to multiple recipients at once. We charge you a fee for each payment you send using PayPal Payouts. The fee is based on the type of payment and currency in which it is sent.

Sending PayPal Payouts

Maximum fee cap for PayPal Payouts

Based on payment currency:

Micropayments

Subject to application and pre-approval by PayPal, you may upgrade an existing account to receive the Micropayment rate. Micropayment rates can be ideal as an alternative to standard commercial transaction rates for business that process payments under 5.00 EUR. If you upgrade to the Micropayment rate, this rate will apply to all commercial transaction payments received into your PayPal account. Please contact us to apply for the Micropayment rate.

Receiving micropayments

Micropayments fixed fee

Based on payment currency:

Chargeback Fees

For transactions that are not processed either through a buyer’s PayPal account or through a guest checkout, we assess a settlement fee to sellers for credit and debit card transaction chargebacks (a chargeback may occur when a buyer rejects or reverses a charge on his or her card through the card issuer).

The chargeback fee is based on the currency received as follows:

Chargeback fees

Dispute Fees

We may charge a Dispute Fee when a buyer files a dispute claim or chargeback for a transaction that was processed through the buyer’s PayPal account or a PayPal checkout solution. Please see the User Agreement for more information about Standard and High Volume Dispute fees.

Dispute fees will be applied in the currency of the original transaction.

Standard Dispute Fees

High Volume Dispute Fees

Currency Conversions

For information about how we convert currency, please see the user agreement.

Please access the Currency Converter tool below to indicate the applicable rate that may apply to your transaction. Any rates shown are subject to change based on time and date of the completed transaction.

Currency Converter Tool

Converting balance for a business account and transactions for which a receiver has agreed to bear the currency conversion

ECheque Fees

Sometimes the sender of a payment you receive may use an ECheque as a means of funding that payment from their bank account, in order to send it from their PayPal account. Please see the user agreement for more information about ECheques. When you receive an eCheque funded payment we apply the fee you agreed to pay to receive the payment up to a monetary cap indicated below (based on the currency received):

Receiving eCheque fees

Maximum fee cap for eCheques

Withdrawals Out of PayPal

You can typically withdraw money out of PayPal by standard withdrawals/transfers to your linked bank account or eligible cards. A currency conversion (and currency conversion fees) may also apply.

Withdrawing a balance from a business PayPal account

Fee Table: Withdrawing a balance from a business PayPal account
Withdrawal/Transfer to Withdrawal/Transfer Type Rate
Local bank account Standard No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved)
Instant No Fee (when no currency conversion is involved)
US bank account Standard 3.00% (when no currency conversion is involved)
Cards Standard

Fixed Fee based on withdrawal currency

Withdrawal fees for Card

Based on withdrawal currency:

Other Merchant Fees

Included below are fees associated with events, requests, or actions that may happen when you use your account.

Other Fees

Credit Card and Debit Card Link and Confirmation Table

Inactive PayPal Account Table